Where does “adulterate” come from?
Adulterate comes from Middle English adulteren, from Old French adulterer, from Latin adulterāre meaning "to corrupt or make impure."
adulterate (English): Tending to commit adultery; Corrupted; impure;...
Definitions
- Tending to commit adultery; Corrupted; impure;...
Ancestry of “adulterate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | adulteratus | adulterated |
| 2 | Latin | adulterō | to commit adultery (with) |
| 3 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “adulterate”